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The United States Congress and Africanist Scholars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

David S. Wiley
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Extract

Linking scholars to the Congress is difficult primarily because of the weakness of Congressional interest in Africa, but also due to the low levels of interest among academics in both Congress and its Africa foreign policy and the poor resources of African studies in the U.S. to build a foundation of knowledge useful to the Congress.

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Research Article
Information
African Issues , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , Summer 1991 , pp. 4 - 13
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 1991 

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David Wiley is Professor of Sociology and Director of the African Studies Center at Michigan State University. He has authored or edited: Southern Africa: Society, Economy, and Liberation; The Third World: Africa; Africa on Film and Videotape; and Group Portrait: Internationalizing the Disciplines.

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* The author offers special appreciation and thanks to the following persons, whose efforts helped complete the work reflected in this Issue. Reinhard Heinisch provided the management and computer processing of the national survey of Africanists. Richard Klein and Mark Schaefer entered all data from the national sample. Anne Schneller conducted the analysis of the production of dissertations on Africa. Christine Root analyzed the Congressional hearings on Africa for the frequency of academic Africanists testimony, reviewed drafts of the report, and edited manuscripts. Joanne Peterson provided oversight of the grant and budget for the project. Laura Wheeler was responsible for the production of the draft report and the supervision of mailing the questionnaire to the second wave of academic respondents.